HOBOKEN – U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez visited Big Fun Toys on Washington Street on Friday. Senator Menendez visited Hoboken to promote “Small Business Saturday” and stressed the importance of shopping at small businesses to help restore losses from Hurricane Sandy.

“The power is back on, the flood waters have receded,” said Menendez, “but small businesses are facing significant challenges, all of them facing well over a week of losses.”

Menendez urged shoppers to shop small and shop local to get the vibrancy of main streets back.